Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44835, David Foster, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Foster, David or Forster
S. 44835
CONTENTS

5,044 New York Roll
David Foster Capt Warner private Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of Dec r 1818 and sent to M c Naughton Buel Esq r Judge, Lexington, Green Co NY
Arrears to 4 th of Sep r 1818. 4 mos \frac{15}{30} 36 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March 1819 48 c
Wyllie's $ 84
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued 3 years. 1777- Lexington, Green Co

Notification sent June 20. 1821. to Henry Goslee Esq.
Lexington Heights, Greene Co. N.Y.

David Foster, private, Connecticut line, 20 th April, 1818.
Service admitted.
The Judge's certificate as to circumstances wan- ting in this case . —
Admitted
Munson Buel, Esq.; Judge,
Lexington, Green Co.: New-York.
Rec d . 27. May, 1818.

State of New York
Green County ss. On this twentieth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and State of New York personally appeared David Foster Resident in the Town of Langton in the County of Green and State aforesaid aged Sixty Two who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration In order to obtain the provisions made by the Act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war that the said David Foster on the twenty second day of February one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in the Town of Middletown in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Robert Warner in the Third Connecticut Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Wyllys that he continued to serve in said Corps until the nineteenth day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty when he was discharged from the service at Westfield in the State of New Jersey that he was in the service at White Plains that he is now in New York in various circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service but the discharge accompanying the proceedings
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Morrison Buel
David Foster
I Morrison Buel one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and State of New York aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said David Foster did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing declaration against the Common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the provisions of the aforementioned act of Congress given under my hand and the seal of the Court this twentieth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Morrison Buel

State of New-York } I Munsun Basel one of the judges of the court of Common- Green County, ss Pleas in and for the county of Green and state of New-
York do certify that I am and have been for more than twenty-years past acquainted with David Foster named in the declaration to which this certificate is affixed that during that time he has been a poor hard laboring man and am out- sified from my own personal knowledge that now he has but a trifle of property in hand by reason of breaking one of his anchors which is not likely to recover so far as to enable him to labor much that he is really an odious man in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support
Dated at Lexington Dec 1 st 1818
Munsun Basel

David Foster
I William Van Bergen Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Greene and State of New York. Do certify that Munson Buel was a Judge of Said Court on the Twentieth Day of April 1818 That I am well acquainted with his Hand Writing and that the Signature of the Said Judge to the above Affidavit or Declara- tion of David Foster is Genuine In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid this 21 st Day of May 1818
Wm Van Bergen Clerk as aforesaid
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David Foster
I William Van Bergen Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Greene and State of New York. Do certify that Munson Buel was a Judge of Said Court on the Twentieth Day of April 1818 That I am well acquainted with his Hand Writing and that the Signature of the Said Judge to the above Affidavit or Declara- tion of David Foster is Genuine In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid this 21 st Day of May 1818
Wm Van Bergen Clerk as aforesaid

David Forster
5044
Coppy
Con.
J.L.E.
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State of New York } Greene County - } ss
On the twenty-eighth  This tenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one personally appeared in open court being a court of record called the Common Pleas for said county David Forster aged aged sixty-five years of Lexington county of Greene - and state aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows in the company commanded by Captain Robert Warner in the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Wylllys in the Connecticut line and that the original declaration of the said David Forster for the benefit of the act entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war bears date the 20 th day of April 1818 and is inscribed on the Pension list Roll of the New-York Agency by certificate number 5,044 - And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property in securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule herewith annexed and by me subscribed. I have no real estate
Real property I have none. The following is a schedule of my personal property - I have one Cow & calf 14,00 = 3 Sheep 3,00 = 3 fleeces of wool 2,50 = 1 Swine 1,50 = 3 fowls 30 = 21,30 3 bushels corn 1,50 = 3 " oats 0,94 = 6 " wheat 4,50 = 40 lb rye flour 58 = 2 old chests 2,00 - 9,82 4 small kettles 3,00 = 1 frying pan 25 = 1 old Table 50 = 4 old pails 0,50 = 4 pans 0,42 - 4,67 3 Tin measures 28 = 1 Southern 0,18 = 1 Tunnel 0,18 = 1 set old knives & forks 50 = 1 set spoons 12 - 1,36 4 Glass bottles 0,25 = 5 vials 0,15 = 5 feather dawns 1,25 = 1 porringer 0,10 = 1 salt 0,04 = 9 plates 75 - 2,54 2 Gill Cups 0,10 = 2 old wheels 2,00 = 5 old chains 0,94 = 2 old barrels 50 = 3 old tubs 0,45 = - 3,99 2 Kreegs 50 = 2 old axes 1,00 = 2 wedges 0,50 = 2 drawing knives 1,00 = 1 pr old andirons 50 - 3,50 1 pr Tongs 0,25 = 1 Trammel 0,35 = staple & ring 0,25 = pitchfork 10 = 4 baskets 0,62 - 1,57 1 half Bushel 0,12 = 5 hoppers 1,25 = 3 bowls 0,37 = 2 wooden bowls 0,18 = 2 nicks 18 = 1 ink stone 12 - 2,32 One note of hand against George Choffee of 2,66 = on note against E. Cornell 2,14 = - 4,80 Perseus Pettibone note 11,00 = Nehemiah Forster note 10,00 - - - 21,00 Cornelius Van Maanen note 3,83 = & due me on Book 4,00 - - - 7,83
my occupation is that of a farmer my ability to labour is impaired by age, I have no family except myself & wife, my wife is aged about sixty two years, she is a sickly woman & is almost wholly unable to contribute any thing to the support of the family Sworn & declared in open Court this 30 th day of May 1821. before me S. Pinkney. Dep. Clk. Davies Forster

State of New York Greene County Common pleas
We the Judges of the said Court do certify that in our opinion the Value of the Estate & effects of the Pe- titioner as set forth in the within Schedule is Eighty Dollars. Given under our hands in open Court this 31 st May 1821 John W.D.L. Scott. first Judge
Munson Brace Perkins King Edw d Daly } Judges
State of New York Greene County ss. { I James Pinkney Deputy Clerk of the County of Greene do hereby certify that the foregoing Bills & the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of the said Court, & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Eighty Dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 31 st day of May 1821-
Pinkney Dep. Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of David Foster a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 44,835
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb 22, 1777 3 years. Pvt. Robert Warner Samuel Wyllys Conn.          
Battles engaged in, in a skirmish at White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Middletown, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 20, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Lexington, Greene Co., New York.
Age at date of application, sixty-two years.
Remarks: in 1821 he referred to his wife who was about sixty-two years of age, but did not state her name.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Postage stamped Env recd. F.N.E.
Rev. Lee cut
100 Hobart Street, Ridgefield Park, N.J., July 3, 1921
Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen -
In the book " Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, War of 1812 and Mexican War ". I find on page 642 under the heading " Connecticut Pensioners, Act of 1818, Residing in N.Y. " the name of David Foster - Private .
Can you give me further data as to his Revolutionary service ; place, date etc of birth, death, marriage - or any data whatsoever which will assist me in establishing my claim with The Daughters of The American Revolution?
I shall be glad to pay any expenses incurred in securing such data. Thank you.
Yours Truly,
Mrs. Wyeth Lewis

New Hart- H.H. SHULLSBURG, WIS. SEP. 11, 1918.
Will you kindly send me a copy of the Revolutionary War Pension application of DAVID FOSTER S. 44,835 of Connecticut, born probably in Middleton in 1755, died in New York, probably in Lexington, N.Y. in 1844, wife's name Katy or Catherine.
Also copy of the Revolutionary Pension claim made by RUTH Chaffee, widow of N. 16,208 CALVIN CHAFFEE, born Woodstock, Conn. 1760, died in Lexington, N.Y. He served in Cap. Samuel Chandlers Co.
Very truly yours.
(Miss) Jannette Burlingham

O.M. & F.M.
C
Shullsburg Wis. May 17-06
Dear Sir:-
Have you on your Pension List Records of the Revolutionary war. one David Foster who died at Lexington N.Y. I am trying to find out the name of his wife before marriage I thought - may be you have the name.
Respt -
Mrs P.E. Lloyd. Shullsburg. Wis.
P.S. If there is any for attached to this please let me know.

44835
Rev INVALID.
File No. 44835
David Foster
Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1906 May 24 Hist. to Mrs. P. E. Lloyd c 1918 Sept. 24. Hist. to Miss Janette Burlingham. P. 1921 July 15 Hist. to Rev. King

David Witty's last will Testament February 21 st 1745
Remainder to be the of October 1746
Mary was born July 3 rd 1746
D o Joff's Discharge
David Foster B.4.4.8.33

David Foster 1740
1740
1740
D. Fof Discharge
David Foster 8.4835 10m.

David Foster the bearer of the 3 d Connecticut Reg t having faithfully & honorably served in the same three years the Term for which he engaged is hereby discharged Winsted Feb y 19 th 1780 —
Thos Gage Major Genl Col d of the Command of the Reg t

Enclosed is the application of David Forster he wishes you to send the returns to me at Lexington Heights Greene County New York as soon as you pop on the same — I am yours —
Henry Goslee —